. Texas ... an illustrated description of present conditions in the Lone Star state, with comparative tables showing the marvelous growth and exceptional advantages offered to the prospective investor or homeseeker . Harvest. 20 suppose the case of a man being unable to buy costly implements,and the heavy teams required to draw them. Here the naturalcharacteristics of the rice plant come to the rescue, and the farmercan prepare his land, and plant his crop, with the cheapest tools anda good pair of horses or mules. The farmer may begin the prepara-tion of his land early in the winter, and have
. Texas ... an illustrated description of present conditions in the Lone Star state, with comparative tables showing the marvelous growth and exceptional advantages offered to the prospective investor or homeseeker . Harvest. 20 suppose the case of a man being unable to buy costly implements,and the heavy teams required to draw them. Here the naturalcharacteristics of the rice plant come to the rescue, and the farmercan prepare his land, and plant his crop, with the cheapest tools anda good pair of horses or mules. The farmer may begin the prepara-tion of his land early in the winter, and have four or five months todo the work. He can begin his planting in April, and have full threemonths to get his seed in the ground. When the crop begins toripen, he can cut the entire crop with the cradle. He will have fullthree months to do it in, for the rice will ripen in the order ofplanting, and nearly as slowly. One man, with tools and teams, canhandle all the land he can plow and harrow, and plant within thetime specified. Therefore, we conclude that there is no staple cropwherein one man can make as much money as in growing rice, ifhe has the land, the teams and tools, and Threshing Rice, South Texas. 21 DEVELOPMENT OF FRUIT CROWING IN TEXAS. Item by T. V. Munson, of Denison, Texas, one of the LeadingHorticulturists of the United States. IT used to be said Fruit cannot be grown in Texas. Persistentexperimenting has developed that a large variety of peaches,plums, apples, grapes, strawberries and blackberries, are suc-cessfully produced. The most successful varieties in the market today are thoseoriginated in Texas in recent years. It is only necessary to mentionthe following: Strawberries, the Parker-Earl, the Michel, Lady Thompson, the Splendid, andHoffman; Blackberries, the Dal-las, Robinson, Mayes, Dew-berry; Grapes, the Headlight,Brilliant, Rommel, Beacon, Wa-pannka, Manito, Carmen, GoldCoin, Capitan, Claeta, Muench,Lauessel, Fern, Marguerite,Augusta, Kiowa.
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